The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture, Or, A Treatise on Ship-building, Theoretical and Practical, on the Best Principles Established in Great Britain: With Copious Tables of Dimensions, &c. : Illustrated with a Series of Thirty-nine Large Draug

Front Cover Sheer-draught, Half-breadth and Body Plans, of a Ship of Eighty Guns, upon two Decks BOOK THE FIRST CHAPTER II CHAPTER III BOOK THE SECOND CONTAINING THE PRACTICAL RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS AND VESSELS; WITH ALL THE REQUISITE TABLES, CHAPTER I Page GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND DEFINITIONS CHAPTER II PRACTICAL METHODS OF FINDING THE GRAVITY, DISPLACEMENT, AND TONNAGE, OF A VESSEL; INCLUDING THE CENTRES OF GRAVITY AND DISPLACEMENT; WITH THE POINT OF STABILITY OR META-CENTRE Explanatory Remarks on the Centre of Gravity, and the Means of finding it in different Figures Of the Gravity, Displacement, and Tonnage of a Ship, &c Of finding the Tonnage or Burtben of Ships, &c Methods of finding the Centres of Displacement and Gravity Of the Determination of the Point of Stability or Meta-centre CHAPTER III INSTRUCTIONS FOR DELINEATING THE SEVERAL DRAUGHTS AND PLANS OF A SHIP General Observations on the Proportional Dimensions, &c preparatory to the Construction of a Draught Of the Construction of the Sheer-draught of the Eighty Gun Ship, from the given Dimensions Of constructing the Body and Half-breadth Plans, with farther Observations on the Sheer-draught An Explanation of the Nature and Use of the Diagonal Lines in the Body-plan Additional Observations on the Rising Line in general Instructions for delineating the Disposition of all the Timbers composing the Frame, likewise for expanding the Bottom and Topside, by which the Length, Breadth, and Number, of all the Planks may be known, &c Instructions for delineating the Inboard Works of the Eighty Gun Ship; with Observations on the Inboard Works of Ships in general Instructions for delineating Plans of the Decks, &c CHAPTER IV EXPLANATION OF THE METHODS OF LAYING OFF ALL PARTS OF A SHIP ON THE MOULD- LOFT FLOOR, PREPARATORY TO THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OR BUILDING Of laying down the Sheer, Half-breadth and Body-plans Of the Moulds necessary to be made from the Parts which are already laid down To take the Bevellings of the Timbers in the Square Body The Nature and Use of the Cant-timbers, with the Methods of laying them down by Water Lines To bevel the Cant-timbers by Water Lines Of laying down the Cant-timbers by the Horizontal Ribband Lines To lay down and take the Bevellings of the Cant-timbers by the Horizontal Ribbands Of the Utility of the Transoms, with the Manner of laying them down Of taking the Bevellings of the Transoms To lay off the Transoms when canted 6 $11 To bevel the Transoms when canted Of laying off the Square Tuck To lay down and take the Bevellings of the Hawse-pieces, by Horizontal Lines Of laying down and bevelling the Hawse-pieces when they are required to be sided less at the Heels XXXU LAYING OFF, Plate 1 Fore Body and Moulds CHAPTER V CHAPTER VII XXXV XXXVI Square Tuck and Round-aft Tuck TABLES FOR FORMING THE BODIES OF SHIPS AND VESSELS OF EACH CLASS 1 to 27 FORM OF A CONTRACT, entered into by a Merchant Shipbuilder, for the building of a Ship of War, for the Royal Navy; XXIIII XXXVIII Naval Architecture Cassie Kramer and her younger sister, Allie, learned the hazards of fame long ago. Together, they'd survived the horror of a crazed fan who nearly killed their mother, former Hollywood actress Jenna Hughes. Still, Cassie moved to L.A., urging Allie to follow. As a team, they'd take the town by storm. But Allie, finally free of small-town Oregon, and just that little bit more beautiful, also proved to be more talented and driven. Where Cassie got bit parts, Allie rose to stardom. But now her body double has been shot on the set of her latest movie, and Allie is missing